Spain loses olive exports due to transport stoppage

The strike in the transport sector and the impossibility of exporting olives from Spain has made the product of Morocco, Turkey or Portugal position itself in international markets, due to the paralysis of the principle Spanish companies in the sector. The general secretary of the Spanish Association of Exporters and Industrialists of Table Olives (Asemesa), Antonio de Mora, today lamented that, as expected, since last Friday the companies in the sector have been ceasing their activity, which has already caused them to lose about 1,500 jobs. A figure, he said, that can reach 7,000 "if a solution is not reached as soon as possible", according to De Mora, who lamented that the Spanish olive has lost positions in international markets, by placing itself in its place that coming from countries such as Morocco, Turkey or Portugal. According to Asemesa, the transport strike situation is causing "serious problems of supply and output of products in the sector uctos", and the majority of ...